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involutional melancholia — n agitated depression occurring at about the time of menopause or andropause that was formerly considered a distinct disorder but is now subsumed under major depressive disorder called also involutional psychosis * * * a severe depression,… … Medical dictionary
involutional melancholia — noun or involutional psychosis : an agitated depression occurring at the time of the menopause or climacteric and usually characterized by somatic and nihilistic delusions * * * Psychiatry. (formerly) extreme depression related to menopause or,… … Useful english dictionary
Involutional melancholia — or involutional depression is a traditional name for a psychiatric disorder affecting mainly elderly or late middle aged people, usually accompanied with paranoia. It is classically defined as depression of gradual onset occurring during the… … Wikipedia
List of psychology topics — This page aims to list all topics related to psychology. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar. It is also to see the gaps in Wikipedia s coverage of the… … Wikipedia
melancholia — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, abulia, aching heart, agony, agony of mind, alienation, anguish, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apathy, bale, bitterness, bleeding heart, brain disease, broken heart, catatonic stupor,… … Moby Thesaurus
Schizoid Personality — a personality disorder, in DSM (from 1952). When the patient is not psychotic or manifestly thought disordered, yet withdrawn, unable to express hostility, and autistic, DSM I and DSM II employed the concept schizoid personality. Interest in… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Schizophrenia: Recent Concepts — (See also Schizophrenia: Emergence.) After the Second World War, two contradictory tendencies hallmarked the approach to the psychoses and schizophrenia. One was the growing predominance of psychoanalysis, with its tendency to use the term… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Depression: Emergence — The word depression has a number of meanings, depending on the discipline. Within neurophysiology, it refers to a decrease in the brain’s electrical activity causing, for example, cortical depression. For the pharmacologist, depression means… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Depression and Mood Disorders: Emergence — The word depression has a number of meanings, depending on the discipline. Within neurophysiology, it refers to a decrease in the brain’s electrical activity causing, for example, cortical depression. For the pharmacologist, depression means… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Paranoia — (See also Erotomania; Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States; Psychosis: Emergence.) Paranoia means a fixed false belief formed via logical reasoning (making it distinct from schizophrenia); aside from his delusional system, the… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
